Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] can make it " in BNC.

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1 Let's see if you can make it all the way to the front door before Rosie gets you .
2 But the converse is that if you can make it work you 'll have bought a fair lease on a prime site that you could never have afforded in the ordinary way .
3 If you go in there and stay perfectly still you 'll see numerous varieties — and if you can make it before daylight you 'll be almost deafened by a dawn chorus .
4 Wh whilst that 's being done , can I just add that do n't feel inhibited ab I want you to make your best case , but I mean you know , if if you can make it in five minutes instead of half an hour then nothing will be lost in that .
5 See if you can make it any bigger .
6 there 's a thousand pound he said , you know , if you can make it right sort of over the next month but he said basically I can not do anything until erm the end of February , he said you come in the end of February he said and then we can start to sort it out , he said I ca n't do anything for you until then .
7 He is the first Southerner to succeed in New York , and his aides were happily parodying the Sinatra song about the Big Apple : ‘ If we can make it here , we 'll make it anywhere . ’
8 ‘ Not much traffic if we can make it into the forest , ’ he said .
9 M see if we can make it
10 Right let's have a wee look here and see if we can make it sore .
11 We in the world campaign which has so far tried to stop armaments to South Africa and its nuclear build up we want to work if possible to build a common security er , arrangement in the region where peace will be everywhere if we can make it everywhere because the region has got so many weapons and arms and military expenditure is very easy to increase when you have growing number of nation states where the people really need food and development .
12 Er , if we can make it one six nine O , with just er ,
13 If they can make it , we like the guests to arrive before the audience starts to go in , so they can walk through it , too .
14 If anyone can make it he can . ’
15 So again we 're going to come back to several themes in a fairly repetitive way , and we — do n't forgive us for this if you do n't like it , but we 're certainly going to talk about certain things again and again and again , but what it really comes down to , is ‘ Learn what the media 's all about , learn what they want , learn what you can provide , see whether you can match this , in a sense , and see whether you can make it work to your advantage ’ .
16 You need to know your enemy before you can make it your friend and yes , fear can become your friend .
17 Whether we can make it compulsory for cars to be fitted with such devices is a matter for the European Commission .
18 Our unfortunate young friend seems to know the principle , whether he can make it work or not . ’
19 Perhaps the shopkeeper should have a panic button under the counter to press during such a confrontation , and while humouring the shopper by pretending to go and look for some grey ones , stout men could rush in and restrain the customer before he can make it to his Access card .
20 ‘ I take it that means you 're still agreeable to my company when I can make it ? ’
21 ‘ I 'm going to have a rest now , Fru Møller , and I 'll be down as near to six as I can make it . ’
22 ‘ It 's my main home as much as I can make it so .
23 As near two thirty as I can make it . ’
24 My work this year is very much on the ground — there will be only two abstract things — or three at the most — all the rest is objective — as objective as I can make it
25 And that 's as good as I can make it , Kirsty .
26 I 'll be there as soon after five as I can make it . ’
27 This is an interlude — as uncomplicated an interlude as I can make it . ’
28 ‘ It means as much as I can make it mean . ’
29 I 've done as much as I can to make it comfortable , but , among other things , it needs a modern bathroom , a new roof and all the windows replaced .
30 For the zig-zag row and the circular rows , the stitch tension is usually as tight as you can make it .
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